# Emails are treated as case sensitive

**URL:** <https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/emails-are-treated-as-case-sensitive/371>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [June 4, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/emails-are-treated-as-case-sensitive/371 "2020-06-04T17:24:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![totallyGreg](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.asciinema.org/totallygreg/32/262_2.png) [@totallyGreg](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/totallyGreg)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/emails-are-treated-as-case-sensitive/371/1 "2020-06-04T17:24:20Z")

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This has led to me creating multiple accounts based on how I happen to type my email address. This is especially confusing as I have to remember the correct way I typed my email when I setup the account in order to get the correct login sent to me. Although [RFC 5321 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321#section-2.3.11) states it’s up to the domain to determine how the local-part is interpreted. I would argue that they should follow [RFC 1035 - Domain names - implementation and specification](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1035) and be treated as case insensitive.

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**Author:** ![ThomasGHenry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.asciinema.org/thomasghenry/32/293_2.png) [@ThomasGHenry](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/ThomasGHenry)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/emails-are-treated-as-case-sensitive/371/2 "2021-11-03T15:00:11Z")

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I just popped in to say exactly this. Super annoying and confusing.

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**Author:** ![ku1ik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.asciinema.org/ku1ik/32/171_2.png) [@ku1ik](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/ku1ik)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/emails-are-treated-as-case-sensitive/371/3 "2022-02-06T15:26:36Z")

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Feel free to open an issue here: [https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema-server/issues/new](https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema-server/issues/new)

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**Author:** ![ku1ik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.asciinema.org/ku1ik/32/171_2.png) [@ku1ik](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/ku1ik)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/emails-are-treated-as-case-sensitive/371/4 "2024-05-02T12:55:24Z")

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This has just been fixed. I’ve merged duplicate user accounts that have multiple case variations of the same email address, so uploads assigned to separate accounts are now collected under a single one.

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**Author:** ![ku1ik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.asciinema.org/ku1ik/32/171_2.png) [@ku1ik](https://discourse.asciinema.org/u/ku1ik)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/emails-are-treated-as-case-sensitive/371/5 "2024-05-07T09:34:02Z")

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